I remember reading love is an illusion and seeing so many people hate on Hyesung because he was acting like a ‘bitch’ or he was ungrateful towards Dojin’s hospitality. And what really pissed me off was that the only way people would justify Dojin’s actions was because he’s ‘hot’ or ‘nice’. Yes, Dojin is a good father, he was a good father when Byul was born and I’m sure he’ll be a great father to his newborn daughter, but as a partner? He’s the shittiest partner out there. He’s hurt my boy Hyesung so many times and seeing him financially support his abusive mother was the FINAL straw for me. My poor boy Hyesung deserved so much better, he’s suffered and put up with so much shit from people around him. It makes me so happy seeing people defend him, being on his side and actually UNDERSTANDING him as a character. My poor boy, I wish I could give him the biggest hug.
People glaze Dojin so hard that the spit and slobber blinds their eyes from the shit he's done. You'd think his character arc was walking on water and curing cancer. In actuality, it was lraping and baby trapping Hyesung, then love bombing into a relationship
Don't get me wrong, I know it's unpopular but LIAI is one of my favorite reads on here.
Outside of the omegaverse in If You Hate Me So, he was also a love bomber and took advantage when Hyesung is at a low point. Also encouraged him to cheat in a relationship. How he acts in Love is an Illusion did not surprise me.
DojinxHyesung are a guilty pleasure couple to me. In real life, I would tell Hyesung to gtfo. Even in the non-verse story, they had more chemistry than who Hyesung is supposed to be in a relationship with (who he remains with out of pity because the dude was so dramatic.) I wanted Hyesung to succeed in a math career in this one but it does feel like he got fully baby trapped.
And people complaining Byul is the same kind of stupid forget that Hyesung was genius at math. We haven't seen much of Byul's abilities other than being half-hearted. He's a character with resources but hasn't realized how lost he is in life (he has an inkling.) We can only hope Byul doesn't get the same story beats and mishandling that Love is Fantasy (the only one so far I will never read again) did.
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Someone said Hyseung wasn’t baby trapped.
First of all, he raped Hyesung with the intention of impregnating him (textbook baby trapping). When Hyesung wanted an abortion, Dojin convinced him he wouldn't have to take care of the child and he'd be paid. Then when he gave birth to said baby, he said he'd have no choice but to stay because he's an omega. There's many other details that show the amount of baby trapping and manipulation that was done
Did Hyesung say no while Dojin was fucking him? And was it in Dojin’s mind that he wanted to impregnate Hyesung?
Someone legit said that Dojin did not baby trap Hyesung, and how it was HYESUNG’s DECISION to have baby (surrogate in their own words) and take money for it.
Here is the post. By the way, I wasn’t agreeing to them. I just came to you and wanted to make sure it’s true that Dojin did baby trap Hyesung and raped.
https://www.mangago.me/home/mangatopic/17694173/
The lack of basic empathy, the lack of understanding, and the lack of basic compassion is crazy. I wish the best for Hyesung because he’s hated by almost everyone.
Well let's talk about the imprint. When did it happen? We know when Hyesung found out he couldn't live without Dojin postpartum. It could have happened anytime from when they first had sex to the sex they had on the day of the birth. Dojin was determined to make their relationship work but more importantly, he really wanted this baby to keep Hyesung by him. After Hyesung disappears, we see Dojin doing a majority of parenting, if not all of it (we know there is a nanny at some point.) He was rich enough he could have left that to someone else while he searched harder.
The words Dojin used towards Hyesung sounded like the latter wouldn't have to lift a finger parent-wise and yes, he doesn't force their interaction when they meet. But he had the means to follow through with him not seeing Byul at all. Dojin got what he wanted: Hyesung stayed and formed a bond with their baby. Hyesung was on track to better himself academically and why I said "fully baby trapped" is because we don't have any evidence so far he continued his education after obtaining his high school diploma equivalency. Yes, Dojin is rich enough he doesn't have to work and he prefers that lifestyle. But Hyesung seemed to enjoy being good at math and we don't get to see if he used it. I don't think we will either, since this is about Byul.
It is nice that Dojin and Hyesung have a happy relationship the older their son gets. It doesn't change the fact that the latter can't live without the former. And this event occurs around conception or at antepartum. It is tied to Byul.
Thank you!! Appreciate these detailed response of what happened and your own thoughts on it make it better. And yes, I agree that Dojin and Hyesung’s relationship developed as their own son develops. I do wish that it was somewhat already better before the conception of Byul, but plot and conflicts.
I really hope Hyesung continued his education, he seems like he wants to and with how good he’s at math, he’s sure to excel in math classes. As for Dojin, despite his previous actions, I know he’s developed somewhat (imo), and I do believe that he would let Hyesung continue his education.
Honestly, his backstory was a little to be expected, tragic and upsetting. What doesn’t sit right with me is the fact that a lot of people are saying “the author is trying to make us feel guilty so we stop hating on jaekyung” and I don’t necessarily think thats true. the author is just showing us what happened during his childhood that molds him into the character he is today. OBVIOUSLY there’s still a lot of questions that I want answers to. Why does Jaekyung act the way he acts? Why does being a boxer and remaining on TOP mean so much to him? Remember when he would tell Dan “resting is for losers, I dont need rest, I need to stay on top” well, where did that mindset come from? Cause based on this chapter, it seems like his dad didnt give a crap on what Jaekyung did, so it definitely wasn’t him that would push him to his limits. Why does it mean so much to him?
Another important thing to note: Im thinking that maybe Jaekyung got his very shitty attitude from his father, he’s young, a child and children are like sponges, they absorb everything that happens around them and what they see. Since his mother wasn’t around and he only had his dad as a parental figure, he saw and absorbed nothing but negativity and his shitty attitude, but that also doesn’t make much sense since he also had the coach and the granny that seemed to show tenderness towards him.
Overall, I never hated jaekyung and just wanted to understand him, there’s still a lot of questions that remain and obviously this doesn’t excuse all the suffering that he caused on Dan and others!!, but even so, Jaekyung deserves a little sympathy as well
completely agree to everything you've stated!!!